Walk, run to cardiac health

Published on January 30, 2013

Here’s a straightforward recipe for heart health: Get off the couch and move. For some people, that means heading to the gym, but others may be more inclined to take in some fresh air. Starting an outdoor walking or running program can be a great way to improve fitness, burn off extra pounds and improve cardiovascular endurance.

Author, psychiatrist Judith Orloff on the power of emotional freedom

By Orit Arfa
Published on October 17, 2011

Dr. Judith Orloff’s adolescence reads like a Jewish version of “Girl, Interrupted,” the 1999 film starring Wynona Ryder as teenage social misfit whose parents sent her to a psych ward. However, there is a happier ending in Orloff’s story.

Date Down or Slim Down

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on June 14, 2011

Chicken nuggets vs. my kids school lunches, Oye Vay…

By Julia Bendis
Published on March 11, 2011

Dig, plant, grow, give—sharing the bounty of food

By Rachel Heller
Published on November 19, 2008

If there's one thing Gabe Goldman wishes more Angelenos would do next spring, it's get their hands dirty.

Delivery chef unable to savor his culinary success

By Adam Wills
Published on September 3, 2008

Schwartz wanted to cook from the time he was a teenager. His rabbi father and rebbetzin mother would host 50 people for dinner each Friday night, and Schwartz says he would spend Thursdays and Fridays after school cooking with his mother. "I knew by 14 years old that I wanted to go to culinary school," he said

A healthy hut—lighter side of Sukkot cooking

By Rachel Kantrowitz
Published on October 5, 2006

A growing number of new cookbooks are oriented towards the more health conscious Jewish cook. One such book is Nechama Cohen's "Enlitened Kosher Cooking," published just this year.

PASSOVER: Yemenite Flavor at the Seder

By Nili Goldstein
Published on April 6, 2006

Yemenite Jews in Israel live longer and healthier lives than other Israelis. Over the years, many researchers have attributed the Yemenite's good health to the simplicity of their cooking and their use of herbs and spices. Fenugreek, for example, a staple spice in our kitchens, has shown promise in research to treat diabetes and high cholesterol.

Taking Women’s Health to Heart

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on February 24, 2005

Nancy Kearson knew she had high blood pressure, but she wasn't aware of any other health problems until a friend urged her to see a physician four years ago. That exam may have saved her life.

Salami Shortage No Baloney

Published on February 17, 2005

Five hunks of Hebrew National salami lie side by side in a glass display case at Ben's Kosher Delicatessen in midtown Manhattan. When compared with the crispy corn dogs and enormous latkes, they don't look like much. But the takeout counter guy is relieved he has any salami to sell at all.

For the last several months, a shortage of Hebrew National products has hit kosher restaurants and food distributors across North America, forcing some to fill the gap with other meat products -- ones that don't "answer to a higher authority," as the Hebrew National famous advertisement put it.

The shortage comes at what should be a time of celebration, as Hebrew National, which was founded on Manhattan's Lower East Side, celebrates its 100th birthday.

Pomegranates: The Healthy, Spiritual High Holiday Fruit

By Gaby Wenig
Published on September 18, 2003

When you cut open a pomegranate, first removing its turreted crown, then scoring its red, leathery skin, before breaking it apart under water (so the juices won't squirt and stain your clothes), you are presented with sacks of glistening, abundant garnet fruit caviar.

Taking the Schmaltz Out of Our Food

By Beverly Levitt
Published on September 13, 2001

At sundown on Monday we usher in the happiest day of our calendar, Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. For the next 10 days we'll be called upon to reexamine our lives -- to wake up and not only smell the roses, but plant them for other people to enjoy.